Beyond The Box - Utility Box Murals

UPCOMING UTILITY BOX PAINTING

Beyond The Box is a utility box mural project supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program. There are currently over 100 painted utility box murals in Glendale.

PAST EVENTS

Phase 6 - August 11, 2017 - Glendale Avenue

The Glendale Arts and Culture Commission issued a CALL FOR ARTISTS to apply to paint murals on City of Glendale utility boxes on August 11 - 13, 2017. Thirteen utility box murals will be painted in downtown Glendale, along Verdugo Road, Monterey Road and Broadway. The CALL FOR ARTISTS closed on July 25, 2017.

Phase 5 - October 15, 2016 - Glendale Avenue & Colorado Boulevard

This painting date coincided with the GO-2016 OPEN STUDIO TOUR, a unique and insightful experience for all art lovers and visitors to meet a wide variety of artists and craftspeople in their studios, some of which are only open to the general public during this event. Stops included commercial and residential studios as well as public art throughout the city, including fourteen utility boxes which are part of the Beyond the Box program.

The artists were selected from eighty-three entries by a committee consisting of Arts & Culture Commissioners, Library, Arts & Culture and City staff. The committee used the following criteria for selection: artistic excellence including quality of the art and artist originality; creative and innovative concepts in relationship to the theme of “The Big Draw;” and appropriateness for the nature of the space and the audience. See the 17 October 2014 article in the Glendale News-Press about Beyond The Box!

Phase 1 - May 17, 2014 - Downtown Glendale

Twenty-six utility boxes were painted on May 17, 2014, during the City’s inaugural Utility Box Mural program. The theme of Double Take encouraged artists to paint murals to draw in the viewers’ attention to delve into the graphic of the mural, but also explore the meaning behind the mural and theme. The utility boxes are located along Brand Boulevard and Central Avenue between Colorado Boulevard and the 134 Freeway.